William Lacy Kenly (February 18, 1864 – January 10, 1928) was a major general in the United States Army. During World War I, he was a leader of the United States Army Air Service, the progenitor of the United States Air Force. Kenly was married to Julie Closson, the daughter of Brigadier General Henry W. Closson.
Military career
He was a graduate, 11th in a class of 49, of the United States Military Academy at West Point, 12 June 1889, in field artillery and took part on August 16, 1899, in the Battle of Angeles, in the Pampanga Province during the Philippine–American War.
Death
Kenly died of a heart attack on January 10, 1928, in Washington, D.C. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.